The middle-aged manager didn't answer directly, and explained two sentences to Fang Zongtang first.

"I checked with the master, and this bowl looks like copper, but it's actually gold. The person who sold it to me said that their ancestor was a prince, and later joined the Han Army Banner, and because he had made meritorious contributions to protect the Empress Dowager Cixi when she left the palace, he rewarded their family. ”

Hearing this, Fang Zongtang laughed directly.

"According to what he said, the Empress Dowager Cixi appreciates things quite casually~"

The middle-aged manager looked at Fang Zongtang in confusion: "You said this is a fake?" ”

Not only the middle-aged manager wants to know the truth or fake, but everyone in the VIP room wants to know.

Fang Zongtang glanced at the box again before saying, "I prefer imitations." ”

The middle-aged manager's tone was a little anxious: "Is it really fake?" ”

She sat down on a stool and spoke slowly.

"Whether it's fake or not, it all depends on what outsiders think. This is something from the late Ming Dynasty, if you were someone else, maybe you wouldn't know, but today you ran into me. My great-grandfather once told me an allusion, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has been recorded in many wild histories, he was born as a beggar. In the allusion that my grandfather knew, when Zhu Yuanzhang was a beggar, he had a beggar friend named Wang Qi, who gave him food when he was about to starve to death, and gave him money when he left the beggar's den. ”

The middle-aged manager's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "The bottom of the golden bowl is written as a gift to your friend Wang Qi." ”

Mrs. Fu on the side couldn't hold back her words: "Is it really an antiquity of the Ming Dynasty?" If Zhu Yuanzhang gave it to Wang Qi, then this golden bowl would definitely be worth a fortune. ”

After the middle-aged manager was excited, he quickly calmed down and asked Fang Zongtang: "You said it was an imitation at first, and then you said it was the late Ming Dynasty, is this true?" ”

Fang Zongtang beckoned to the clerk and knocked on the table: "Boiled water, no coffee." ”

The clerk hurriedly poured water for her.

She continued: "The thing is from the late Ming Dynasty, but it was not given to Wang Qi by Zhu Yuanzhang, so it is not clear." The wild history I heard from my grandfather is that Wang Qi was given a golden rice bowl after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, and later Wang Qi saw that after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, the killing was too heavy, so he escaped by death and ran away with the golden bowl. “

The clerk came over with boiled water, and after Song Yi took it, he tested the temperature with the back of his hand before putting it on the table aside.

Fang Zongtang took a sip, moistened his lips, and continued: "The process of refining metal in the Ming Dynasty was not as developed as it is now, and the gold extracted was yellowish in color, similar to brass. The copper should have been reprocessed and brushed with lacquer. ”

A room of people listened quietly, and this time no one made a sound to disturb them.

Fang Zongtang paused, and then said: "The dragon pattern of the Ming Dynasty is thick, strong and fat, mighty and strong, and has a tall image. In particular, the position of the dragon's head and horns is very prominent. The dragon of the Qing Dynasty has a more graceful and slender body, and the head-to-body ratio is normal, giving people a feeling of vigorous posture. See for yourself, which dynasty is the dragon pattern on it more like? ”

The middle-aged manager hurriedly picked up the golden bowl and took a look, and sure enough, the dragon shape was slender and his posture was vigorous.

"You mean, this dragon pattern was added later?"

Fang Zongtang smiled and nodded, and reminded again: "The copper process most appeared in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang had already entered the ground, do you think he would make a decree to the great-grandson and make a bowl for Wang Qi?" ”

Of course, it's absolutely impossible! Lao Zhu is all in the ground, can Lao Wang still live well?

For a while, there was a lot of silence between the VIPs.

The middle-aged manager stumbled and said, "In other words, this golden bowl was imitated in the late Ming Dynasty, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was processed again?" ”

Fang Zongtang smiled: "You're not too stupid. After speaking, he said with regret and disgust in his tone.

"It's a pity that the golden bowl is good, and it encounters two mallets that don't understand history, and the more it changes, the more fake it becomes. The latter mallet is a little more stupid, a good late Ming Dynasty, so many good materials are added, and it is so wasteful, it is not as valuable as a light bowl. ”